Friday 29 June 2018 14:39, UK
Andy Murray was included in the draw for Wimbledon on Friday – and says he is "likely" to play despite injury issues.
The two-time champion was unseeded and has been drawn against world No 48 Benoit Paire in the first round.
Murray has played just three matches since last year's Wimbledon due to a troublesome hip injury, which was operated on in January, but told The Times after the draw: "I'll chat to my team this afternoon and also see a bit how the next couple of days go. But most likely, yes, I will be playing."
He has fallen to No 156 in the world rankings as a result, but made his return last week at Queen's and also played this week in Eastbourne.
A stand-out match in the opening round will be three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka, who was unseeded, against Grigor Dimitrov.
Defending champion Roger Federer, the top seed, will first play Dusan Lajovic. Rafael Nadal will play Dudi Sela. Fourth seed Alexander Zverev will play James Duckworth.
Three-time Wimbledon winner Novak Djokovic will face Australian Open quarter-finalist Tennys Sandgren.
British No 1 Kyle Edmund, who beat Murray in Eastbourne this week, will first play qualifier Alex Bolt.
Liam Broady drew Milos Raonic.
The first round draw
Roger Federer (Swi) (1) v Dusan Lajovic (Ser)
Lukas Lacko (Svk) v Benjamin Bonzi (Fra)
Ivo Karlovic (Cro) v Mikhail Youzhny (Rus)
Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) v Leonardo Mayer (Arg) (32)
Adrian Mannarino (Fra) (22) v Christian Garin (Chi)
Ryan Harrison (USA) v Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) v Gastao Elias (Por)
Daniil Medvedev (Rus) v Borna Coric (Cro) (16)
Sam Querrey (USA) (11) v Jordan Thompson (Aus)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) v Joao Sousa (Por)
Laslo Djere (Ser) v Paolo Lorenzi (Ita)
Gael Monfils (Fra) v Richard Gasquet (Fra) (23)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) (25) v Evgeny Donskoy (Rus)
Gilles Muller (Lux) v Michael Mmoh (USA)
John-Patrick Smith (Aus) v Andreas Seppi (Ita)
Norbert Gombos (Svk) v Kevin Anderson (Rsa) (8)
Marin Cilic (Cro) (3) v Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn)
Jason Kubler (Aus) v Guido Pella (Arg)
Ricardas Berankis (Lit) v MacKenzie McDonald (USA)
Nicolas Jarry (Chi) v Filip Krajinovic (Ser) (28)
Lucas Pouille (Fra) (17) v Denis Kudla (USA)
Peter Polansky (Can) v Dennis Novak (Aut)
John Millman (Aus) v Stefano Travaglia (Ita)
Liam Broady (Gbr) v Milos Raonic (Can) (13)
John Isner (USA) (9) v Yannick Maden (Ger)
Steve Johnson (USA) v Ruben Bemelmans (Bel)
Aljaz Bedene (Slo) v Cameron Norrie (Gbr)
Radu Albot (Mol) v Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) (20)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) (31) v Gregoire Barrere (Fra)
Malek Jaziri (Tun) v Jared Donaldson (USA)
Yuki Bhambri (Ind) v Thomas Fabbiano (Ita)
Stan Wawrinka (Swi) v Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) (6)
Dominic Thiem (Aut) (7) v Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp)
David Ferrer (Spa) v Karen Khachanov (Rus)
Julien Benneteau (Fra) v Marton Fucsovics (Hun)
Frances Tiafoe (USA) v Fernando Verdasco (Spa) (30)
Kyle Edmund (Gbr) (21) v Alex Bolt (Aus)
Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) v Bradley Klahn (USA)
Guido Andreozzi (Arg) v Horacio Zeballos (Arg)
Tennys Sandgren (USA) v Novak Djokovic (Ser) (12)
Nick Kyrgios (Aus) (15) v Denis Istomin (Uzb)
Marius Copil (Rom) v Robin Haase (Ned)
Bernard Tomic (Aus) v Hubert Hurkacz (Pol)
Christian Harrison (USA) v Kei Nishikori (Jpn) (24)
Damir Dzumhur (Bih) (27) v Maximilian Marterer (Ger)
Ernests Gulbis (Lat) v Jay Clarke (Gbr)
Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) v Taylor Harry Fritz (USA)
James Duckworth (Aus) v Alexander Zverev (Ger) (4)
Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) (5) v Peter Gojowczyk (Ger)
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) v Federico Delbonis (Arg)
Benoit Paire (Fra) v Andy Murray (Gbr)
Jeremy Chardy (Fra) v Denis Shapovalov (Can) (26)
Jack Sock (USA) (18) v Matteo Berrettini (Ita)
Gilles Simon (Fra) v Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) v Stephane Robert (Fra)
Matthew Ebden (Aus) v David Goffin (Bel) (10)
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) (14) v Mirza Basic (Bih)
Jiri Vesely (Cze) v Florian Mayer (Ger)
Pablo Cuevas (Uru) v Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr)
Taro Daniel (Jpn) v Fabio Fognini (Ita) (19)
Marco Cecchinato (Ita) (29) v Alex De Minaur (Aus)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) v Mischa Zverev (Ger)
Vasek Pospisil (Can) v Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz)
Dudi Sela (Isr) v Rafael Nadal (Spa) (2)
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